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Company: Shamco Management Corp.
Penalty: $400,000
Year: 2024
Date: August 20, 2024
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: Shamco Management Corp. allegedly violated New York's human rights laws by refusing to rent to New Yorkers with housing vouchers, intentionally ignoring potential tenants who disclosed their voucher status, artificially inflating rents above voucher thresholds, telling voucher holders an apartment was rented when it was still available, and other discriminatory practices. Shamco will pay $400,000 to potential renters who were unjustly denied housing because of their voucher status. Shamco will also rent at least 65 units to tenants with housing subsidies and provide them with at least one renewal lease.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
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